Two Girls Die in Auto Crash Near Stonewall
Miss Helen Heck and Miss Mary McCormack, both 19, of Centralhoma, Coal County, were killed when cars collided near Stonewall on Highway 19 Friday night. A third youth, John Hedscine, was injured, and other occupants from Wapanucka suffered unknown injuries as investigators reviewed the fatal crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Heck
Mary McCormack
Contrahoma
Stonewall
Stopewall
Mary McCarmeack
Mise Helen Heck
John Hedscine
Alee
McCarmack
Mise Heck
Coalwate
Hudgins
Coal County
Wapanucka
Nirces
Relief Funds Distribute Payrolls in Pontotoc County
Nearly 4,600 of the federal relief appropriation will be paid out next week in Pontotoc County. About $1,000 goes to 500 Ada workers for the first half of January and $5,090 to highway laborers across county communities. Second half allocations total about $3,900, mainly for Ada. Since the program began a few months ago more than 1,700 men and as many families have benefited.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
County tax assessor to conduct 1932 net valuation and school changes
Office of Charney W. Floyd, county tax assessor, to oversee 1932 net valuations with a house to house canvass in Ada. Real estate is taxed biennially. personal property annually. Floyd plans to use a deputy to inspect properties, with tax rolls ready after February 1. County levy to be announced. model and accredited schools outreach evolving with funds limits. Enlee from state health department to aid rural school sanitary upgrades alongside Superintendent Huff.
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Charney W. Floyd
Flood
Floyd
Ada
Ccounty
Pontotoc County
East Central
Coal
Johnston
Murray
Garvin
McClain
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Hughes
Okfuskee
Okmuskee
Wontotee
Enlee
State Health Department
Huff
Manila police probe diamond scatter theft case
Searchers found 4 7463 small diamonds along a roadside 20 miles from Manila with a heat of thousands more. Emanuel Strauss of a Manila jewelry firm confessed to tossing diamonds last January en route to a precipice near Ipo, saying he acted while half drunk. Two truckloads of soil were brought in for examination as jewelers valued the stones between 35000 and 40000 dollars.
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Manila
P. L
Emanuel Strauss
Strauss
Ipo
Nousevelt Sets Plan for Swift Foreign Affairs Work
President-Elect Nousevelt announces a week of intensive study on international relations to accelerate progress in foreign affairs. He emphasizes prompt action and coordinated policy with the incoming administration and allied nations.
Roosevelt Considers Early Action on Foreign Policy
President Elect Roosevelt plans prompt moves on foreign relations as he studies international issues with Stimson Swanson and other leaders. He weighs farm relief beer tax and tariff aims while awaiting March fourth inauguration and aims to shape policy before Washington move.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
America
Secetary Stimson
Swanson
Virginia
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt Considers Youthful Cabinet Amid Intra Party Talks
President elect Roosevelt weighs a youthful cabinet urged by Col. E. M. House and backed by William G. McAdoo while veteran figures like Owen D. Young and Newton D. Baker may exit. He plans no public announcements for two weeks and will travel to Washington and the South for talks including Muscle Shoals.
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House
Congress
Roosevelt
New York
White House
Louis M. Howe
Marvin McIntyre
Stephen T. Early
Kirke Simpson
Washington
Associated Press
Charles McCarty
Albany
Stanley Prenosil
William C. McAdoo
California
Kram Elbow
Hyde Park
WN. Y
Col. E. M. House
Woodrow Wilson
William G. McAdoo
Chicago
Senator Glass
Virginia
Walsh
Montana
America
Owen D. Youngs
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Mr. McAdoo
Mr. Roosevelt
Oklahoma to honor former governor Lee Cruce with state funeral
Oklahoma plans a state funeral with military honors for Lee Cruce former governor who died in Los Angeles. His body will lie in state in the capitol Ardmore home for services, with guards and a military escort. Adjutant General Barrett announced adjournment of the legislature for the funeral and invited family chosen honorary pallbearers including two former governors J B A Robertson and Jack Walton.
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Oklahoma City
Dan
Lee Cruce
Oklahoma
Los Angeles
Ardmore
Murray
Charles F. Barrett
Adjutant General
State House
Capitol
Gen. Barrett
House
Senate
Cruce
Oklahoma Senate Reduces Salaries in $6.5 Million Bill
Oklahoma City January 16 heads of five state departments saw salary cuts as the senate appropriations committee pressed to finish a 6,546,006 dollar departmental supply bill. Key reductions included the attorney general and state superintendent positions. The bureau of criminal identification kept funding despite debate.
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Oklahoma City
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Senate
Dave Logan
Bureau of Identification
Logan
Louis Ritzhaup
John MacDonald
Cecil Chamberlin
Frederick
House
Richard Cloyd
Cleveland
J. W. Stewart
Chelsea
Hay and
State
MacDonald
State Market Commission
State Plant Board
Rep
Phillips
Atoka County
House County and Township Organization Committee
Choctaw mission letters a prized Oklahoma Historical Society collection
The Oklahoma Historical Society acquires 31 percent letters by Rev. Cyrus Byington detailing Choctaw life from 1819 to 1861. Grant Foreman arranged copying from Byington's descendants, with diary notes by Peter Hudson enhancing context for researchers studying Choctaw history and missionary work.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma Historical Society
Cyrus Bryington
Grant Foreman
Marietta
Firthood
Byington
The
Historical Society
Hudson
Eacletown
Avingeton
School rating effort to classify Pontotoc county districts
County supervisors begin rating 19 school districts in Pontotoc county for model and accredited classification. Dr W W Herring of the East Central extension staff leads the survey with J W Het. About 30 schools have applied and more are expected as the rating work starts Monday morning.
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J. W. Het
Ww. Herring
East Central Oe
Pontotoc County
Mer. Haff
Second death in enterprise holdup case in McAlester
In McAlester Oklahoma on January 14 the second death from an attempted holdup at Enterprise on January 7 was recorded. W. T. Newton aged 60, a filling station proprietor, died from gunshot wounds after his son Ezra had died the previous Wednesday. Suspect Bill Thompson was arrested. no charges filed.
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Mcalester
Okla
Enterprise
W. T. Newton
Ezra
Bill Thompson
Greatest returns for the amount invested
A brisk classifieds note touts high value from savvy ad spending. It promotes cost effective campaigns and measurable results, asserting strong returns for modest investments in a local newspaper marketplace.
Henryetta Proposes City Salary Reductions
A Henryetta tax committee urged across the board pay cuts in city government. Mayor Barclay Morgan would fall from 175 to 50 dollars. eight councilmen from 10 to 1. Lake Henryetta caretaker to 45. police chief to 160. street commissioner to 166. report signed by 20 taxpayers, tabled for review.
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Henryetta
Death of L L Aitken Former oil figure and reformer
Denver January 14 L L Aitken 61 president of the Midwest Oil Company died after a years long illness worsened by influenza. He helped shape the Jones retirement litigation between Standard Oil and J Ogden Armour oils over the Dubbs cracking process and influenced a $20 million final payment to Armour interests. Born Viola Illinois September 4 1871 he began teaching and later practiced law before entering mining.
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Denver
L. L. Aitken
Midwest O7 Co
Aitken
Jones
Standard Oil Co
J. Qeden Armour Oil
Dubbs
Armour
Standard Group
Paris
J. Ogden Armour
Viola
Chicago
Soha
Oil man Verner Reed ties with Midwest Oil Co president
The text notes an association formed in 1912 with Verner Z Reed a Denver oil man. He later became president of the Midwest Oil Co in 1915 highlighting a rise in executive leadership within the oil industry.
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Verner Z. Reed
Denver
Midwest Oil Co
Oklahoma Senators Urge Defeat of Branch Bank Bill
In Oklahoma City on January 16 a state senate resolution by Allen G. Nichols Wewoka and Paul Haworth Stewart endorses Elmer Thomas in his fight against the branch bank bill now filibustered in Congress. The measure is called an instrument of tyranny and the resolution urges aid to defeat it to save American civilization.
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Oklahoma City
Congress
State Senate
Allen G. Nichols
Wewoka
Paul Stewart
Haworth
Elmer Thomas
Brancn Bankr
United States Senate
Reciprocity Is Rule For Autos Of Other States
Oklahoma City January 14 motorists from other states will enjoy the same reciprocity privileges as Oklahoma drivers with 1922 license tags. Melven Cornish chairman of the Oklahoma tax commission said the ruling follows Attorney General J Berry King opinion. Tulsa county attorney Holly L Anderson challenged Tulsa tax agents arresting out of state motorists with 1932 tags. The ruling asserts it is the duty of out of state drivers to prove bona fide residency to receive reciprocity in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
City
Oklaoma
Tates
Cornish
Jessie Wilson Sayre Dies at 45 in Cambridge
Mrs. Jessie Wilson Sayre, daughter of Woodrow Wilson and longtime social service advocate, died after gall bladder surgery in Cambridge. She was 45 and the wife of Professor Francis RR Sayre, newly appointed state correction commissioner and Harvard Law School faculty member.
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Cambridge
Mass
Jessie Wilson Sayre
Woodrow Wilson
Lfe-Long
Mrs Sayre Key Democratic Figure In Early 1930s Politics
Mrs Sayre, prominent in Massachusetts Democratic circles, campaigned for Smith in 1928 and was boomed for U S Senate in 1930 before withdrawing for family. She served as vice chair of the state committee and hosted Franklin D Roosevelt as a supporter. She filed the state's electoral vote for Roosevelt and Garner and is survived by her three children Francis Jr Elinor and Woodrow Wilson Sayre.
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Alfred E. Smith
Massachusetts
United States
Democratic State Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Garner
Sayre
Francis, Jr
Elinor
Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Ada County Tax Assessors Begin Early Valuations
Charley W Floyd county tax assessor and two deputies start assessing Pontotoc County property for 1983, with house to house canvass planned in Ada to ensure fair valuations. Final levy tabulation expected by tomorrow, with Flood computing remaining taxes and 1932 taxes soon due. Local social notes mention visits and events among Ada residents and families.
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Charley W. Floyd
Ada
Pontoteec County
East Central State Teachers College Enrollment Day
Today marks the second enrollment and classification day for East Central State Teachers College as the new semester begins with a full schedule of classes Tuesday morning. Enrollment is steady with several dozen freshmen starting, some finishing high school mid year, others delayed to enter this spring.
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East Central State Teachers College
Central
Southeastern Teacher Colleges
Garber Foresees Philippine Legislation Over Veto
Congressman M C Garber of Enid predicts the current session will pass Philippine legislation over President Hoover's veto, while enacting little remedial laws. He calls the farm bill a grotesque monstrosity and says beer repeal measures will likely fail.
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Ponca City
Hoover
M. C. Garber
Enid
Coencrete
Garber
Busy Bee Club Socials And Family Visits Noted
The Busy Bee Club met last Tuesday in the new hall with Mrs. Morgan present and refreshments after the president's talk. Numerous greetings followed as Mrs. Morgan dined with Mrs. Alfred Summers and many others were noted visiting or dining with relatives across Ada and Old Center.
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Busy Bee Club
Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
Alfred Summers
Jim Brecheen
Deb Hhartless
Heartless
Chism
Earl McDaniel
Willie Muriel
Hansel Burke
Old Center
Gladys Norman
Beatrice Stark
Wenneth
Willie Isaacs
Vire
Harveyslick
Darrel Watts
Ruby Lamb
Dorothy Nelson
John Wood
Oral Dunn
Delia Watts
Mamie
Pearsie Mae McIntyre
Carmell Brewer
Sadie Cox
W. C. Norman
J. W. Trimble
Ada
Sadie Casterman
Watts
And
Mire
Breeheen
Grant Jeanes
Cordelia Melott
Myrtle Dreedeen
A. H. Ellia
Leo Nelson
Sam Wood
Eugene Lance
Mr. Lance
Green Anderson
M. E. Buchanan
Grover Tyree
W. Ti. Brecheen
M. C. Cox
J. W. Barnett
State relief funding to be allocated for relief efforts
Oklahoma City January 12. Counties will not receive quotas by population for the $600,000 seed and relief fund. Aid will be distributed where Governor Murray deems it best to relieve actual suffering. Senate bill allocates $100,900 for seed and $200,000 for relief for the current year and $200,000 for the year ending June 30, 1934.
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Oklahoma City
Murray
Senate
House
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